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| Main Entry: | monkey business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shenanigans |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, absurdness, antics, buffoonery, carrying-on, clowning around, craziness, disobedience, foolery, foolishness, hanky-panky, high jinks, hokey-pokey, horse feathers, horseplay, inanity, insanity, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, lunacy, misbehavior, mischief, mischief-making, monkeyshine, nonsense, poppycock, prank, silliness, stupidity, tommyrot |
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prank, joke |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, antic, caper, catch, device, escapade, feat, frolic, funny business, gag, gambol, jape, jest, lark, monkeyshine, practical joke, put-on, shenanigan, sleight of hand, sport, stunt, tomfoolery |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
| Main Entry: | wisecrack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | antic, caper, clowning, dig, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine, one-liner, parody, prank, put-on, quip, remark, retort, rib, shenanigan, smart crack, stunt, trick, witticism, yarn, zinger |
| Main Entry: | ha-ha |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | joke |
| Synonyms: | antic, bon mot, buffoonery, burlesque, caper, caprice, chestnut, clowning, drollery, epigram, escapade, farce, frolic, gag, gambol, game, hoodwinking, horseplay, humor, jape, jest, lark, laugh, mischief, monkeyshine, mummery, one-liner, parody, payof |
| Main Entry: | jig |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, antic, artifice, caper, catch, deception, device, dodge*, escapade, feat, feint, frolic, funny business, gag, gambol, gimmick, imposture, jape, jest, lark, maneuver, monkeyshine, ploy, practical joke, put-on, ruse, shenanigan, sleight, sleight of hand, sport*, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, tomfoolery, wile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take-in |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, antic, artifice, caper, catch, deception, device, dodge*, escapade, feat, feint, frolic, funny business, gag, gambol, gimmick, imposture, jape, jest, jig, lark, maneuver, monkeyshine, ploy, practical joke, put-on, ruse, shenanigan, sleight, sleight of hand, sport*, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, tomfoolery, wile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antic, lark |
| Synonyms: | escapade, gag, gambol, high jinks, hop, hot foot, jest, joke, jump, leap, mischief, monkeyshines, practical joke, prank, put on*, revel, rib, rollick, shenanigan, sport, stunt, tomfoolery*, trick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | escapade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, usually lighthearted |
| Synonyms: | antic, caper, fling, folly, frolic, gag, high jinks, lark, mischief, monkeyshines, prank, rib, roguery, rollick, romp, scrape, shenanigans*, spree, stunt, trick, vagary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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